The big 3-0 is the way to go!

Hello!  We've made it to the big 3-0, we are in week 30!  Simply amazing.  Things at the Messerle household continue to go pretty darn well considering!  

Katie has had several doctors appointments over the past three weeks, since we got the news that Baby A and C were growing on the small side.  Katie really understood what had to be done and ever since that visit she has been eating us out of house and home!  She has been wonderful eating a good breakfast, a good lunch and healthy dinner each night, and in between drinking 3 Carnation Instant Breakfasts.  Her hard work eating, has really paid off.

We had a doctors appointment last Friday with our regular OBGYN in the morning and she has gained 12 lbs. in three weeks!  Her blood pressure was great and everything looked good.  In the afternoon we went into our high risk OBGYN's office for a look at cord flow and fluid in the sacs.  That visit went very well too, the babies had great flow in and out of their cords and the fluid is holding steady.

Today we went back to our high risk doctor, Dr. Zaretsky for full measurements of the babies.  He had been on vacation for about a week and he wanted us to wait for him to get back in town so that he could do the measurements himself.  Honestly, it is such a zoo in there I am not sure how in the heck they know what belongs to who for Pete's sakes!  The cord flows and the fluid continued to look great, her blood pressure was perfect and the heartbeats were 130, 130 and 140.  We got all the measurements done (abdomen, femur, skull and upper arm bone) and the babies have really grown!!  Baby A now weighs 3lbs. she was at 1lbs. 9oz three weeks ago, Baby B is at 3 lbs. 4 oz., he was at 1 lbs. 15oz. and Baby C also weighs 3lbs and he was at 1lbs. 11oz!  We've got over 9lbs. of baby!  Baby A has almost over doubled in weight and B and C have put some good weight on too!

The doctor was SO happy, he was PUMPED, I thought he was going to high five and belly bump me right there in the office for goodness sakes!  He kept saying, "this is fantastic, this is just fantastic!"  Compared to where we were 3 weeks ago, this was a huge turnaround and improvement, trust me, that appointment 3 weeks ago wasn't a huge thrill to be at.  He wouldn't even talk or discuss possible delivery timeframe, he said the babies are doing so good and Katie is tolerating the uncomfortableness at this point so we are going to go as long as we can!

A doctor's appointment wouldn't be a doctor's appointment without the now famous cervix check!  Although Katie's cervix had shortened a little that is to be expected with 9lbs of baby pressing down on it.  He still was giving her the honor of the Cervix  of Steel!  There was no funneling or weakening in her cervix and it looked very strong.  There is a bit of good news for Katie and that is that at our next appointment at 33 weeks will probably be our last cervix check.  I know, I am bummed too!  There really is no point after week 33 if it gives out, it gives out and here they come!  A GREAT appointment and we are looking forward to our next measurements appointment in 3 weeks!

From a preparation standpoint we are pretty well ready for the babies.  The nursery downstairs is done, I got the crib put together in our bedroom this weekend and it looks great, and some of the other stuff like bouncy seats are all put together.  We are doing our best to stock up on diapers and wipes right now!  Dr. Limoscenero's OBGYN practice and her associates are aware of our situation, the NICU has copies of our file on hand and the hospital is aware of our "INCOMING!" status.  I am doing my very best to keep Katie down and rested as much as possible, for those that know her, that isn't easy sometimes!  Although she likes to get up and go out and do stuff, we're really at the point where one small trip or errand out of the house really takes its toll on her and she starts to hurt.  I have a feeling even small trips out of the house are going to be history here pretty soon.

These pictures of Katie were taken last weekend (June 7th) before went to church.  I don't mean this bad but she really is bigger now only a week later, no joke.  She looks and is doing great!  She's my girl!

We continue to be blessed and honored to be parents and we are so thankful for the thoughts and prayers that have come our way.  Thank you, we both feel them in our hearts everyday.  I will continue to keep the updates coming as new information arises, right now we are keeping momma chilled out and resting waiting for our babies!  We hope that this note finds everyone healthy, well and enjoying the summer!

Love,

Todd and Katie